Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 219:20

בעי רבא אין בו למשמרת יהויריב ויש בו

it is obvious that Scripture deals here with money which is paid as Principal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not with double payment. ');">³¹</span> [To revert to] the above text. 'Raba said: [Restitution for] robbery committed upon a proselyte, if made at night time would not be a fulfilment of the obligation, nor would it if made in halves, the reason being that the Divine Law termed it trespass;' Raba further said: If [in the restitution for] robbery committed upon a proselyte there was not the value of a <i>perutah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">³²</span> for each priest [of the division] the obligation would not be fulfilled, because it is written: 'The trespass be recompensed' which indicates that unless there be recompense to each priest [there is no atonement]. Raba thereupon asked: What would be the law if it were insufficient with respect to the division of Jehoiarib,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Consisting of many priests. ');">³³</span> but sufficient

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